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Webster 1913 Edition


Sectarian

Sec-ta′ri-an

,
Adj.
Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination;
as,
sectarian
principles or prejudices
.

Sec-ta′ri-an

,
Noun.
One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a state.
Syn. – See
Heretic
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sectarian

SECTA'RIAN

,
Adj.
[L. secrarius.] Pertaining to a sect or sects; as sectarian principles or prejudices.

Definition 2024


sectarian

sectarian

English

Adjective

sectarian (comparative more sectarian, superlative most sectarian)

  1. Of, or relating to a sect.
    We were discussing solutions to the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.
  2. Dogmatic or partisan.
  3. Parochial or narrow-minded.
  4. Bigoted.

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Noun

sectarian (plural sectarians)

  1. A member of a sect.
  2. A bigot.

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